Bruce Rauner, the Republican candidate for governor, has let all of Illinois know that should he become governor, reform will finally take place. He’s going to have low taxes that will attract all kinds of new business to Illinois.

Problem is, he has been woefully lacking in the detail department. After all, it’s easy to talk about making Illinois better. But that’s a really hard job — we can’t pay our bills on time and we have an unfunded public pension liability of $100 billion. People are moving out, and half the people would leave if they could according to a recent poll.

Monday, at a speech in Rochelle, Rauner at last provided a timetable for announcing what he called a very detailed plan to accomplish his goals. He didn’t say “budget,” but he did say he’d release his plan within 60 days. The clock started ticking on June 9.

Last week, Rauner released a part of that plan, in which he claims to outline $1 billion in savings from structural reforms he proposes to make.

He’d shrink the state’s fleet of 16 airplanes and helicopters, including the four King Air executive planes that fly state leaders from Springfield to Chicago. Rauner said he’ll live in the governor’s mansion in Springfield and drive, take the train or fly commercial.

Rauner would eliminate political slush funds, take no salary or pension, and shift legislators into a defined contribution pension system.

Rauner would restrict outside employment for legislative leaders, and enact 10 percent cuts to all constitutional offices and the General Assembly. He proposes to merge the comptroller’s and treasurer’s offices, reform Central Management Services’ procurement process. He’d implement Medicaid reform.

Of course, most of these ideas have surfaced before, and they will require cooperation from the General Assembly, which is likely to remain in Democratic hands.

“Basically, Rauner has given us a few pieces of low-hanging fruit, sprinkled it with some magic fairy dust and added a dash of hot rhetoric. This isn’t a budget blueprint. It’s rehashed stuff he’s already talked about on the campaign trail. And it absolutely does not prevent the need to keep income tax rates high.”

One thing Illinois has in abundance is fairy dust, enough to supply all the Disney theme parks.

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The stunning defeat Tuesday of Eric Cantor, the U.S. House majority leader, bought an abrupt end to his “young guns” political machine that reached from Richmond, Virginia, Cantor’s home turf, all the way to Illinois’ 16th District.

You’ll recall that in 2012, Cantor backed Adam Kinzinger for the 16th district seat held for 20 years by Don Manzullo of Ogle County. Kinzinger, then a freshman congressman, represented another district that was redrawn to favor Democrats. Kinzinger then moved into the new 16th District and challenged Manzullo, who had never been seriously threatened for re-election since he first won in 1992. Kinzinger won handily.

Friday, I asked Kinzinger for his reaction to Cantor’s loss to a conservative economics professor, Dave Brat, who spent nearly no money against Cantor’s millions.

“It was very surprising to us. None of us saw that coming,” Kinzinger said. “I was close to him, and it is a loss for our party. I think he was a good leader, and interestingly, he was one of the most conservative members of Congress.”

Cantor will step down July 31 from his majority leader’s post July 31. U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-California, is expected to replace him in that role.

“I think McCarthy is going to step up and fill that role effectively,” said Kinzinger.

I believe that the main reason Cantor lost is because his Capitol Hill leadership role and his attempt to build a national political machine caused him to lose touch with he people of his district, which he has represented since 2001. Kinzinger declined to comment specifically on why Cantor lost, but he did say, ”It’s important to stay in touch with your district. That’s why I come home almost every weekend,. That’s why I’m travelling around the district a lot. The basic job of a representative is to represent the people of the district, hear what’s on their minds, see their challenges first hand.”